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'''Fiorenzo Magni''' ({{IPA-it|fjoˈrɛntso ˈmaɲɲi}}; 7 December 1920 – 19 October 2012)<ref>{{cite web|url= |
'''Fiorenzo Magni''' ({{IPA-it|fjoˈrɛntso ˈmaɲɲi}}; 7 December 1920 – 19 October 2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tuttobiciweb.it/index.php?page=news&cod=53692&tp=n |title=LUTTO. È morto Fiorenzo Magni, domani a Monza i funerali |publisher=Tuttobiciweb.It |date=19 October 2012 |accessdate=19 October 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021221259/http://www.tuttobiciweb.it/index.php?page=news&cod=53692&tp=n |archivedate=21 October 2012 }}</ref> was an [[Italy|Italian]] professional [[road racing cyclist]]. |
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| Full name | Fiorenzo Magni | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 December 1920 Vaiano, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 October 2012 (aged 91) Monza, Italy | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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| 1940–1943 | Bianchi | ||||||||||||||
| 1944 | Pedale Monzese | ||||||||||||||
| 1945 | Ricci | ||||||||||||||
| 1947–1948 | Viscontea | ||||||||||||||
| 1949–1950 | Wilier Triestina | ||||||||||||||
| 1951–1953 | Ganna | ||||||||||||||
| 1954–1956 | Nivea-Fuchs | ||||||||||||||
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Fiorenzo Magni (Italian pronunciation: [fjoˈrɛntso ˈmaɲɲi]; 7 December 1920 – 19 October 2012)[1] was an Italian professional road racing cyclist.
Biography
Magni was born to Giuseppe Magni and Giulia Caciolli, and had an elder sister Fiorenza.[2] He started competing in cycling in 1936, in secret from parents. His early successes became known to locals, including his parents, they allowed him to continue.[3] After the deaths of his father in December 1937, Magni left school to take over his father's business and provide incomes for the family, yet he continued his cycling workouts.[4]
On 10 June 1940 Magni was enlisted as a gunner to the 19th Regiment in Florence and dispatched to Africa, but the ship that was supposed to transfer him sank, and Magni was re-assigned to Rome. He served there until returning to Florence in 1943. Next year he was enlisted to the Italian voluntary militia. His unit was involved into a violent confrontation with Calenzano partisans known as Battle of Valibona, but Magni himself arrived to the site when the battle was over.[5]
On 5 November 1947 Magni married Liliana Calò; they had two daughters Tiziana and Beatrice.[6] In 1951, at the peak of his cycling career, Magni started working for Moto Guzzi, and two years later began selling cars with Lancia. Later in 1980 he become an official dealer for Opel and some Asian companies. In the 1980s he was also involved in trading petroleum products with Giorgio Albani.[7] Magni terminated his business activities in 2009. He died on 19 October 2012 in Monza,[8] near Monticello Brianza, where he lived since 1975.[6]
Professional cycling career
During the war Magni combined track and road events, but later focused on road racing. He was the "third man" of the golden age of Italian cycling, at the time of the rivalry between Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali. The highlights of his career were his three overall wins in the 1948, 1951 and 1955 Giro d'Italia, and the three consecutive wins (record) at the Tour of Flanders (1949, 1950 and 1951).[10][11]
Magni excelled at racing in extreme weather conditions, especially in cold, windy, rainy or snowy days. All three of his victories at the Tour of Flanders were in harsh, cold conditions. He rode Tours de France in 1949–53 and wore the yellow jersey at least once.[10] During the 12th stage of the 1950 Tour de France, while he was wearing the yellow jersey, he was forced to retire from the race (together with all the other Italian riders) by Bartali, captain of the Italian team, who had been threatened and assaulted by some French supporters accusing him of causing Jean Robic's fall.[11][12] Years later, when asked about how he felt abandoning in the yellow jersey he replied: "Of course I felt bad about that but I believe that there are bigger things than a technical result, even one as important as winning the Tour de France."[11]
In the 1956 Giro d’Italia, stage 12, Fiorenzo Magni famously broke his left clavicle and still managed to finish second overall. At the hospital he refused a plaster cast and refused to abandon the Giro in the year of his announced retirement. Magni continued the race with his shoulder wrapped in an elastic bandage. To compensate for his inability to apply force with his left arm, he raced while holding a piece of rubber inner tube attached to his handlebar between his teeth for extra leverage. Since his injury prevented him from effectively braking and steering with his left hand, Magni crashed again after hitting a ditch by the road during a descent on stage 16. He fell on his already broken clavicle, breaking his humerus, after which he passed out from the pain. They put him in an ambulance, but when Magni regained his senses and realized that he was being taken to the hospital he screamed and told the driver to stop. Magni took his bike and was able to finish the stage in the peloton, which had waited for him. Of the evening that followed Magni said "I had no idea of how serious my condition was, I just knew that I was in a lot of pain but I didn't want to have X-rays that evening".[11] Just four stages later, the infamous 20th stage of Giro '56 dawned where Luxembourg's Charly Gaul would execute his legendary mountain stage victory in Trento, haunted by snow and ice over the Costalunga, Rolle, Brocon and Bondone climbs. That day 60 people abandoned the race, and Gaul went from 16 minutes behind to winning the 1956 Giro; Magni, despite his injuries, placed second, 3 minutes and 27 seconds behind Gaul.
Magni has been mentor to at least two famous frame builders. Ernesto Colnago worked on his first Giro d'Italia in 1954 as second mechanic. First mechanic at that time was Faliero Masi, who Magni described in an interview as “The best mechanic of all time.”[11] It was Masi’s idea to use the piece of inner tube attached to his handlebar when he broke his clavicle the 1956 Giro d’Italia.
When asked what it was like to ride against Coppi and Bartali, Magni replied: "In life, defeats are more likely to happen than wins. Losing to Coppi and Bartali, and therefore congratulating them, is an experience that I am happy to have had and an experience that taught me a lot. I have always admired them for what they could do and esteemed them for who they were. Not only were they champions, they were also great men. Why do you think we are still speaking about them? Because they made history. I consider myself lucky because racing with them I could be part of this history. I would have won more without them but it wouldn't have been during a legendary cycling era."[11]
Victories
- 1942[10][11][12]
- Giro del Piemonte
- 1947
- Tre Valli Varesine
- 1948
Giro d'Italia, with 1 stage victory- 1949
- Tour of Flanders
- 1 stage victory in the Tour de France
- Giro della Toscana
- Trofeo Baracchi
- 1950
- Tour of Flanders
- 1 stage victory in the Giro d'Italia
- 1 stage victory in the Tour de France
- Trofeo Baracchi
- 1951
- Giro d'Italia
- Tour of Flanders
- 1 stage victory in the Tour de France
Italian National Road Race Championship- Giro del Lazio
- Giro di Romagna
- Milano–Torino
- Trofeo Baracchi
- Criterium of Bordighera
- 1952
- 2 stage victories in the Tour de France
- Rome-Neaples-Rome
- 1953
- Giro del Piemonte
- Giro del Veneto
- Italian National Road Race Championship
- 3 stage victories in the Giro d'Italia
- 2 stage victories in the Tour de France
- Sassari-Cagliari
- Rome-Neaples-Rome
- 1954
- Giro della Toscana
- Italian National Road Race Championship
- Milan-Modena
- 1955
- Giro d'Italia, with 1 stage victory
- Giro di Romagna
- 3 stage victories in the Vuelta a España
- Milan-Modena
- 1956
- Giro del Piemonte
- Giro del Lazio
Grand Tours overall classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 |
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 Giro
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9 | 1 | WD | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
 Tour
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- | - | 6 | WD | 7 | 6 | 15 | - | - | - |
 'Vuelta
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- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | - |
WD = Withdrew DSQ = Disqualified
References
- ^ "LUTTO. È morto Fiorenzo Magni, domani a Monza i funerali". Tuttobiciweb.It. 19 October 2012. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Bulbarelli, pp. 14–15
- ^ Bulbarelli, pp. 18–19
- ^ Bulbarelli, pp. 19–26
- ^ Bulbarelli, pp. 42–43, 49
- ^ a b Bulbarelli, pp. 69, 376
- ^ Bulbarelli, p. 311
- ^ "Fiorenzo Magni, Monza saluta il Leone delle Fiandre in Duomo". Monza Today. 20 October 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
- ^ World Record, Track, 100 km. cyclingarchives.com
- ^ a b c Fiorenzo Magni. cyclingarchives.com
- ^ a b c d e f g "Fiorenzo Magni, a bridge between the legendary past and the modern era of cycling". Bikeraceinfo.com. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
- ^ a b "Fiorenzo Magni". Cycling Hall of Fame. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
Bibliography
- Bulbarelli, Auro (2012). Magni. Il terzo uomo. Roma: Rai Eri. ISBN 978-88-397-1579-1.
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